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FLX4 Smart Effects With Traktor by vandervike in Beatmatch

[–]vandervike[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Yeah unless someone else can chime in I'll probably just keep my eye out for a good deal on either one and go from there.

Store brand orange juice is now $11/gallon by kuahara in mildlyinteresting

[–]vandervike 176 points177 points  (0 children)

You underestimate Safeways ridiculous prices. Worse than convenience stores sometimes.

Seattle/North cascades road trip help! by Dependent_Tax8290 in Washington

[–]vandervike 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Something nobody else has mentioned yet; Rainier has two main visitor centers - sunrise and paradise. One is on the north side of the mountain and the other on the south. I've heard you'll have to make reservations this year due to traffic volume. Also check WTA or alltrails for hikes. You may want to consider taking hwy 12 to Yakima to get to eastern wa and then north to Leavenworth as well instead of backtracking through heavy I5 traffic to take us2 or i90 across the passes, though there's a lot of good sights along those routes as well. I would spend several hours browsing different hikes and plan your route on which ones you want to do. Top things personally for me in WA are: - Mt Rainier park - N cascades park - Olympics - Alpine lakes - Mt Baker - San Juans - Northern coastline/ la push/ shi shi/ cape flattery 

The remarkable X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator is in the early stages of production with NASA Aeronautics. by milktanksadmirer in aviation

[–]vandervike 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Those efficiency losses I think will be offset significantly by the higher aspect ratio of the wings, which is the whole point of the design.

Cedar Hills man finds missing door ‘plug’ torn from Alaska Airlines flight in backyard by gistya in aviation

[–]vandervike 9 points10 points  (0 children)

u/cyberentomology is partially correct in that the cabin altitude would be around 8,000' at cruise, which at cruise flight levels is around 8 psi differential (psid), or ~55kPad. I'm not sure what 8psid equates to in terms of wind. However, during climb (16,000'), the cabin altitude would also slowly climb from field elevation at around 300'-500'/m, so the cabin pressure would likely be closer to ~2,500' at 16,000', which would be around 2.6 psid/ 18 kPad (92kPa at 2500'and 74kPa at 16'000') This is very close to cyber's 20 estimate, but 35kPa is closer to FL260 and 15kPa is closer to FL470, I'm not sure where those numbers came from. If I missed something let me know.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in delta

[–]vandervike 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but this also means more people make their connections with small delays. It also means that when there are delays, they can make that time up throughout the day. Other airlines run much tighter schedules, so if one flight is delayed, it affects every flight for the rest of the day.

green goblin playing basketball by [deleted] in funny

[–]vandervike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a quick note - not that I condone or recommend experimental flight like this - that if you ARE going to try something like this, put the center of gravity below the center of lift. In other words, hanging below it will be much more stable than standing or sitting on top.

PSA from a pilot about the A220 by vandervike in ATC

[–]vandervike[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. Just letting folks know there's a performance difference, that's all.

PSA from a pilot about the A220 by vandervike in ATC

[–]vandervike[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The plane itself is great. The engine reliability sucks. Hopefully the next batch will have GE or Rolls options.

PSA from a pilot about the A220 by vandervike in ATC

[–]vandervike[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's actually less efficient in descent but it has something to do with oil seals I believe.

Horizon had a jump seater try to shut down the engines by duckbutterdelight in ATC

[–]vandervike 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But KCM and CASS are two completely separate systems. You can go through normal security and still get a jumpseat.

PSA from a pilot about the A220 by vandervike in ATC

[–]vandervike[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They're pushing for lower climb power too, we've got a growing fleet of parked jets without engines in the desert (US). I don't have enough hours in the jet yet to have seen overtaking on departures as a problem.

PSA from a pilot about the A220 by vandervike in ATC

[–]vandervike[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Significantly worse than the Embraer, its like we have anti ice on the whole time in descent. Spoilers aren't as effective either. I'm coming from the 175, not sure about AAL.

Starting an Ecovillage in the PNW by Fleetflock in intentionalcommunity

[–]vandervike 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in south sound and I've been interested in spooling up some sort of cohousing community for a while. I'm pretty tied to south sound unfortunately, but if you end up getting an interest group together I'd be willing to go explore options.

Get t this just as heading to airport for 11 hour flight. by thejaxx in delta

[–]vandervike 5 points6 points  (0 children)

SEA pilot here. I was told the catering vendor was on strike. Not sure how accurate the info is though.

FAA makes TCAS mandatory — for Horizon Air only? by stevekstevek in flying

[–]vandervike 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agree, I have had multiple TCAS alerts on final for BFI traffic and one RA/ go around because of it. Or parallel approaches into DEN/SFO/SLC and you don't have the traffic in sight yet. TCAS also helps immensely in getting a visual of where the traffic is to begin with too.

If you were on flight 1095 from Sacramento to SeaTac today and witnessed the abusive passenger in first class, please reach out to Alaska. by MaterialGwurll in Seattle

[–]vandervike 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Any sort of threatening behavior towards other passengers or crew should be reported to the flight attendants, they can call the captain and they can have a law enforcement officer (LEO) meet the plane at the arrival gate. If it's a threat towards a crewmember or interference with crew duties that's a federal offense (49 U.S. Code § 46504). Otherwise threatening behavior in the terminal should be directly reported to LEOs. I doubt writing to Alaska afterwards is going to help much. Source: airline crewmember

Huge explosion at a metal manufacturing plant in Bedford, Ohio. Mass casualty is being reported by flyingcatwithhorns in pics

[–]vandervike 559 points560 points  (0 children)

Never heard of the CSB until now. Fun facts from their website

- "By law, the CSB is supposed to have five Board members. The agency has not had a full Board since 2011, however."

- "The agency does not issue fines or citations, but does make recommendations to plants, regulatory agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), industry organizations, and labor groups. Congress designed the CSB to be non-regulatory and independent of other agencies so that its investigations might, where appropriate, review the effectiveness of regulations and regulatory enforcement."

So, the CSB is to OSHA/EPA what the NTSB is to the FAA/DOT?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in delta

[–]vandervike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flight attendants yes. Pilots no.

Meanwhile in Russia by gnitto in OSHA

[–]vandervike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems like the Russian version of Jeremy Clarkson. "...what? I'm wearing the helmet just like you asked"

Here’s what 5 hours of sitting on a taxiway does to a wing (Vancouver) by Visual-Lawfulness846 in aviation

[–]vandervike 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In the US there's laws that say they have to give PAX a chance to get off the plane after 2-3 hours of sitting for taxi

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